Connect The Cable To The Management Port; About Connecting Cables To The Monitoring Ports; How To Use Peer Ports - McAfee NS Series Product Manual

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Attaching cables to the Sensor

Connect the cable to the Management port

Task
Plug a Cat-5e Ethernet cable into the Response port.
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This port is labeled R1 on the Sensor rear panel.
Connect the other end of the cable to the network device such as a hub, switch, or a router, through which
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you want to respond to attacks.
Connect the cable to the Management port
The Sensor communicates with the Manager using the Management port.
Task
Plug a Category 5e Ethernet cable into the Management port.
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This port is labeled Mgmt in the rear panel of the NS-series Sensor.
Plug the other end of the cable into the network device connected to your Manager server.
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About connecting cables to the Monitoring ports

Connect to the network devices that you want to monitor through the Sensor monitoring ports. You can deploy
Sensors in the following operating modes:
• In-line mode (fail-close)
• In-line mode (fail-open)
• External tap mode
• SPAN or hub mode
Tasks
• Connect the cables for in-line mode on page 31
• Connect the cables for tap mode on page 32
• Connect the cables for SPAN or hub mode on page 32
• Connect the cable for Sensor failover on page 32
• Connect the cables for Sensor Fail-Open on page 33

How to use peer ports

You must use two peer Monitoring ports of the Sensor to deploy it full duplex mode. On the Sensor, the
numbered ports are wired in pairs to accommodate the traffic.
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To isolate and protect your management traffic, McAfee strongly recommends you to use a separate,
dedicated management subnet to interconnect the Sensors and the Manager.